Violence at Fulton County Jail a product of overcrowding
ATLANTA - The Fulton County Jail needs a new building and more staff, shortcomings that could be solved with more funding, the chief counsel to the Fulton Sheriff's Department told state lawmakers Thursday. Overcrowding at the main Rice Street lockup has led to...
State child welfare agency blasts Ossoff probe as unfair
ATLANTA - The state agency in charge of Georgia's foster-care system has responded to allegations of failure to protect children with a letter harshly critical of an investigation launched earlier this year by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga. "The misstatements, omissions...
State Senate Republicans criticize Georgia elections system
ATLANTA - Georgia elections officials defended the state's elections system Wednesday from sharp criticism leveled by several state Senate Republicans during a committee hearing. After using touch-screen voting machines since the early 2000s, the General Assembly...
Former chief scientist at Georgia Tech Research Institute headed to prison for fraud
ATLANTA - A former chief scientist for the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GRTI) has been sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison for defrauding both the university and the CIA. James G. Maloney, 58, of Marietta and two co-conspirators used a Georgia...
State Senate kicks off deep dive into artificial intelligence
ATLANTA - Artificial intelligence can prove more beneficial to society than harmful but only with proper regulation, industry experts told Georgia lawmakers Wednesday. "I'm an optimist," Peter Stockburger, a San Diego-based partner in the global law firm Dentons who...
EV parts supplier to build plant in Dublin
ATLANTA - The auto manufacturers either building plants in Georgia or already operating in the Peach State have attracted another parts supplier. Korea-based Hwashin will invest more than $176 million in a new manufacturing facility in Dublin crafting chassis...
Former government payroll clerk pleads guilty of theft
ATLANTA - A former payroll clerk for the Milledgeville Housing Authority has pleaded guilty in federal court in Macon to stealing more than $575,000 by overpaying herself. Jennifer Kay Smith, 49, of Eatonton pleaded guilty Monday to one count of federal program theft....
Alabama man charged with threatening Fulton County DA, sheriff in Trump case
ATLANTA - A federal grand jury has indicted an Alabama man on charges of threatening Fulton County District Attorney Fanni Willis and Fulton Sheriff Patrick Labat because of their roles in the investigation of former President Donald Trump. Arthur Ray Hanson II, 59,...